Number 5

Kara is nine months old now. I think she has the idea that being number five means that she surely is five. I know when I look at her that something else is going on behind those adorable little blue eyes. I think she is thinking about how to create world peace or perhaps even is thinking about molecular science. But then, it could be she is just contemplating her next escape plan from the mesh netting that is holding her back from exploring more of the house.

When you make eye contact with her, her face lights up like the sunshine of the morning and she starts swinging her arms up and down letting you know that she is excited as can be. This past week, she decided that she would choose one day to accomplish the art of going from the crawling position to the sitting up position and then back down to the crawling position. She figured out how to get one knee in front of the other and much to her pleasure, if she kept doing that, it would take her right to the very thing that caught her fancy. She also figured out that if you wouldn't pay attention to her sitting there in her crib or playpen, perhaps she would catch your eye, if she stood up.

And then there was the mom..mom..mom..mom. If any of the previous things didn't bring your attention about face, surely those little words would grab at mommom's heart. She was right...